NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- A panel of New Jersey infrastructure experts yesterday took issue with Gov. Chris Christie a few days after the Republican expressed doubts about the links between climate change and Superstorm Sandy.
MONTPELLIER, France -- South Africa, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand export their wines all over the world, a feat that was unthinkable here a few decades ago. Fatalists claim it won't be long until there will be more produced in China than in Europe. To some observers, these prognostications illustrate the wide-ranging adaptive capacity of the wine grape, Vitis vinifera.
Dozens of liberal and grass-roots environmental groups yesterday disassociated themselves from the Environmental Defense Fund, a group they accused of collaborating too closely with industry and of "greenwashing" shale gas. (E&ENews PM, )
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has been considering delaying the Pentagon's portion of a $510 million federal program to invest in biofuel refineries that has been the subject of congressional battles for more than a year, according to multiple sources. (Greenwire, )
Buried within the government's assessment last week on Superstorm Sandy is a somewhat surprising concession: "Critical staff shortages" at the National Weather Service threaten the agency's success. (Greenwire, )
A bastion of fine wines remains unmoved (ClimateWire, )
State and provincial carbon dioxide markets can be the building blocks for a comprehensive climate change strategy if early movers can persuade others to join them, Quebec's top environment official said yesterday. (E&ENews PM, )
Eight U.S. cities will benefit from a new engineering, legal and finance partnership designed to help urban areas design more resilient water infrastructure systems. (E&ENews PM, )
